MGTD15470 » On Going Maintenance » LED Tail Lights

email Dave Braun at dave@dbraun99.com (click here)

Tommy came from the factory with 1157 tail lights mounted very low on the fender. I venture on the interstate and drive around our little town some, and you can't always count on the other driver paying attention. BMC British Automobile offers these well made LED light kits in both positive and negative ground. The installation is detailed within.

1 Negative Ground LED rear light	2 Connector side of light assembly for a negative ground set note the black wire	3 Complete kit for positive ground note the yellow wire for ground	4 Taillight with bulb fitted	5 An original socket uses push spring terminals and bare wires to make connections
6 Removing soldered large bullet from ground	7 Large bullet from ground	8 Removing original socket	9 Oringal socket removed	10 Stainless steel hardware including spacers to fit LED assy
11 LED assy fitted to baseplate	12 Gound goes to yellow on pos ground	13 Fully wired	14 LEDs while quite red to the eye look yellow to the camera	15 Camera picks up the flash as white
16 Comparison of LED LH incandescent on RH	17 LED assy ready for placement	18 wired into car using dielectric grease and soldered ends	19 The LEDs are slightly visible	20 Both tail lamps on
21 Circuit board failure on 2 note fried resistior 01	22 Circuit board failure on 2 note fried resistior 02

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